Hi Kelly, Configured like this the total maximum size of all log files should be around 5MB * 10, which is somewhat like 50MB. Scaling either the size of a single logfile (maximumFileSize) or the number of logfiles (maxSizeRollBackups) by 2 should bring you to your 100MB, doesn't it?
Cheers >-----Original Message----- >From: KellyLynch [mailto:g...@tut.by] >Sent: Monday, September 24, 2012 11:16 AM >To: log4net-user@logging.apache.org >Subject: log4net RollingLogFileAppender: is this possible to set limit for >TOTAL size of all log files? > > >In my .NET application I use log4net with the following configuration: > ><configuration> > <configSections> > <section name="log4net" > type="log4net.Config.Log4NetConfigurationSectionHandler, >log4net" >/> > </configSections> > <log4net> ><appender name="RollingLogFileAppender" >type="log4net.Appender.RollingFileAppender"> > <lockingModel type="log4net.Appender.FileAppender+MinimalLock"/> > <file value="logs\" /> > <datePattern value="yyyy-MM-dd.lo\g"/> > <staticLogFileName value="false" /> > <appendToFile value="true" /> > <countDirection value="1"/> > <rollingStyle value="Composite" /> > <maxSizeRollBackups value="10" /> > <maximumFileSize value="5MB" /> > <layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout"> > <conversionPattern value="%date [%thread] %-5level %logger >[%property{NDC}] - %message%newline" /> > </layout> ></appender> > > <root> > <level value="ALL" /> > <appender-ref ref="RollingLogFileAppender" /> > </root> > </log4net> ></configuration> > > > >It produces a set of log files like the following: >2012-09-24.log.0 >2012-09-24.log.1 >... >2012-09-24.log.10 > >This is ALMOST what I want. The final thing I want is: to set a limit by >total size of ALL the log files in the given location (folder). In other >words - if total size of all the log files in the given location exceeds, >say, 100MB, the oldest file will be removed; does not matter does the file >belong to current day or to some day in the past. To the moment the .config >above provides a different logic: limit by size of all the log files in the >current GROUP (in my case the 'group' is 'current day'). > >Can I have RollingLogFileAppender working the way I want? > >-- >View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/log4net- >RollingLogFileAppender%3A-is-this-possible-to-set-limit-for-TOTAL-size-of- >all-log-files--tp34471537p34471537.html >Sent from the Log4net - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
